How to install 32 bit app by homebrew

32-bit, homebrew

Solution

You probably want to use `brew install gettext --universal`, which will build a universal ("fat") binary containing both 32-bit and 64-bit code. There's no `--32-bit` option; see `brew info gettext` to see what options are supported.

$ brew install gettext --universal
[...snip...]
$ file /usr/local/Cellar/gettext/0.18.2/lib/libgettextlib-0.18.2.dylib
/usr/local/Cellar/gettext/0.18.2/lib/libgettextlib-0.18.2.dylib: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures
/usr/local/Cellar/gettext/0.18.2/lib/libgettextlib-0.18.2.dylib (for architecture i386):    Mach-O dynamically linked shared library i386
/usr/local/Cellar/gettext/0.18.2/lib/libgettextlib-0.18.2.dylib (for architecture x86_64):  Mach-O 64-bit dynamically linked shared library x86_64

Problem

I want to install 32 bit gettext by homebrew: ``` brew install gettext --32-bit ``` But when it is still x86_64 version: ``` file /usr/local/Cellar/gettext/0.18.2/lib/libgettextlib-0.18.2.dylib /usr/local/Cellar/gettext/0.18.2/lib/libgettextlib-0.18.2.dylib: Mach-O 64-bit dynamically linked shared library x86_64 ```

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